Deng Ai, the genius military strategist of the Three Kingdoms, why did he end so badly?
Introduction: The history of the Three Kingdoms is mainly divided into two parts: the early and later periods. In the early days, when the princes of Cao Cao, Yuan Shao, and Liu Bei fought the world, one prince after another was annexed, and finally the three kingdoms were formed. In the early stage of the Three Kingdoms, very talented generals also emerged, such as Guan Yu. He went north and south with Liu Bei at a young age, slaying Yan Liang and punishing the ugliness, and then flooding the Seventh Army. For example, Ma Chao, who was born in Jiangmen, he had a long history of martial arts. , Who once killed Cao Cao and abandoned his armor, and later became one of the five generals. By the time of Sima Zhao in the later period of the Three Kingdoms, there were only a handful of famous generals left in the Three Kingdoms of Wei, Shu and Wu. But the strange thing is, why did Deng Ai Tianzong have such a terrible ending? Let’s talk about it today.
Deng Ai was born in an ordinary family. He suffered from the habit of stuttering since he was a child. He was not favored by the villagers. When he grew up, he joined the army in order to make ends meet. Because of his weakness, he was assigned to a logistics unit to be a grain transporter, where he did well. At that time, Sima Yi was a scholar who had not yet taken control of the military. Once on the road, I saw Deng Ai fighting against the soldiers in order to protect the rights of the people. Sima Yi thought this guy was not bad, so he took more care of him. Later, the court of Cao Wei urgently needed talents in all fields, and Deng Ai was recommended by Sima Yi and accepted him as a disciple. Z4z
Deng Ai was mainly responsible for people’s livelihood projects such as farming and water conservancy. He had repeatedly suggested to the court to enrich the fertile fields in Runan and Huainan. After the court adopted it, a lot of food was added, and the people could eat it during his tenure. full. Although Deng Ai was only a civilian at the time, he would tell his companions wherever he went that if he were a general, he would make arrangements here and send troops to attack from here. His companions laughed at his wishful thinking. This incident was once again known by Sima Yi, so Sima Yi transferred him to the army for training.
When Sima Zhao took power, Deng Ai had grown into a general in the army. Deng Ai was appointed as the deputy commander when Sima Zhao was in power. When the army left the pass, Deng Ai asked Sima Zhaohe Zhonghui to ask him to lead 10,000 elite troops to go straight to Chengdu. Sima Zhao agreed to this plan. Later, Zhong Hui's army stormed Hanzhong and walked into the Jiange plank road. At this time, the main force of the Shu Han had been restrained by Zhong Hui. Deng Ai did not encounter the Shu army along the way, and easily surrounded Chengdu. Liu Chan, the second master of the Shu Han, also surrendered. .
Shuhan was the peak of Deng Ai when he fell, and it was also the starting point of his death. Because Deng Ai's opinion was to arrange Liu Chan to be the King of Fufeng, and to give him a small city to support his life, so as to give Wu Guo a good example. But at this time, Zhong would write to tell Sima Zhao that Deng Ai had a rebellious intention and that all the generals in Shu had taken his orders. After receiving the letter, Sima Zhao sent someone to arrest Deng Ai. After Zhong Hui squeezed Deng Ai, he and Jiang Wei rebelled in Shu, and then sent someone to intercept Deng Ai. A generation of famous generals died in the prison car, his family. Later, he was sent to the frontier to live a miserable life.
Conclusion: In fact, Deng Ai wrote to Sima Zhao from the moment he was doomed, because he is only a military general, and there is naturally a special person in charge of national affairs. The Sima Zhao family gained power through politics, so they are naturally more cautious about things like ultra vires. Deng Ai has violated the rules and has the strength to rebel. It is normal to suffer this result. After all, his political consciousness is not enough, and he believes too much in the two politicians Sima Showa and Zhonghui.